General Riddles

I reach for the sky, but clutch to the ground; sometimes I leave, but I am always around. What am I?

Complete the sequence: 49 61 51 63 53 65 55 ?
67 Explanation: Alternate numbers increase by 2. 49 become 51 then 53 and so on. Similarly, 61 becomes 63 and then 65.

Why did the boy go to his bedroom with a pencil?
He wanted to draw the curtains.

What is the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the start of every end, and the end of every race?
The letter 'E'.

The diameter of a hole is 4ft 5in. How much dirt does it contain?
A hole has no dirt in it. It contains only air.

Replace one letter in each step to change the word COLD to its opposite. Each step has to be a legitimate word. COLD ? ? ? ?
WARM Explanation: COLD CORD WORD WORM WARM

What is half of 4 plus 4?
6. Explanation: Half of 4 is 2 and then plus 4 is 6.

You can catch me but cannot throw me. Who am I?

A headless man had a letter to write; It was read by a man who had lost his sight. The dumb repeated it word for word; And deaf was he who listened and heard. Solve this riddle.
The letter in question is the letter "O". It is zero. The man had nothing to write. The blind could read nothing. The person who was dumb could repeat nothing. The deaf man listened and heard nothing.

What comes twice in a week, once in a year, but never in a month or a day?
The Letter 'E'.

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